One Atlanta Falcons assistant coach said having the HBO crew filming Hard Knocks at training camp has "been good for us." The first episode airs at 9 p.m. central time today (Aug. 5).

Wide receivers coach Terry Robiske initially thought having the 15 cameras and four boom microphones, along with 10-12 coaches and players with personal clip-on microphones, would be intrusive, he said via ESPN.com.

"It's been fun," Robiske said. "I think coming in, I expected it to be a distraction. I thought there would be kind of a camera in your face every day."